Posted on 02/18/2005 5:10:24 AM PST by KidGlock
Student Runs Over Driver's Ed Teacher
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - A driver's education instructor was run over by one of her students and pinned beneath the car for 15 minutes, officials said.
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She was hospitalized Friday in stable condition and underwent surgery for multiple broken bones.
Erwin, 64, who has taught driving for 20 years, was working with the students on a drill that included pulling forward and backing up at slow speeds, said Kal Kelliher, the district's driver's education coordinator.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.netscape.cnn.com ...
"Note to self: Stay in car when instructing my students."
Is this the same story from over a week ago, or a new one? It reads exactly the same.
Well, as long has the students fragile self esteem is in tact, that's all that matters.
looks like we have a budding Clara Harris here... ; )
Just say "NO" to the libs at CNN.com.
I remember driver's training.
There were 20 Cutlass Supremes lined up in the school parking lot.
The instructor looked at me and said, "Watch this."
Then he said over the bull-horn, "Reach down and release the parking brake."
And one by one, the hood of nearly every car popped up because the kids pulled the wrong lever under the dash.
I'm sure the libs at AP are much nicer.
The bullhorn is funny enough, but the hoods popping is hilarious. I'm glad no one else is in the office yet. ROFLMAO!!
They're both AP stories. Yours is excerpted. The other one isn't.
Oh, good!
This kid will be able to sue for a driver's license instead of testing for one.
Driven to the Edge: My life as a Driver's Ed. Teacher. Don't you know their stories could fill a library!
"So, like... I failed, right"?
"Ms. Erwin, I think I just ran over a curb. Ms. Erwin? Ms. Erwin? Is this gonna count against me getting my license? Ms. Erwin?"
This is a typical occurrence in south florida......I don't even bat an eye when I pass people stuck under cars anymore.
Oh man.... I killed the Driver's Ed teacher. How embarassing....
A distinction without a difference.
bump
LOL!
On a more serious note, in the small town where I lived during my high school years, the main auto junkyard (which we visited rather often looking for parts) had a wrecked driver's ed car which we smirked about on many occasions. Everything immediately behind the back seat was *GONE*, ripped off the car, and the back seat itself was on the verge of falling out. Someone hadn't stopped at a train crossing when they should have, and an oncoming train had performed an ass-ectomy on the car. Amazingly, no one was very seriously injured, but I'll bet they all needed to change their pants.
(I don't know exactly what intersection it occurred at, but it may not have been anything as blatant as blowing across the tracks while lights were flashing and the arm was down -- being a small town, many of the railroad intersections had no signals and were only marked with the classic "RR" sign, and it was your own responsibility to heed the part which said, "stop, look, and listen". I almost got plastered by a train myself one time like that, but it arrived a few seconds *before* I crossed the tracks, giving me time to stomp my brakes and break into a cold sweat.)
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